Corn-planter



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No. 849,455. I Patented $ep't. 21, 1886.

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, FRANK H. nY AoEK', on RIVERSIDE, IOWA.

CORN-'PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

349,455, dated September 21, 1886.

Application'filed February ,2, 1881'. Serial No. 190,614. (No model.)

State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCorn-Planters, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in whichFigurel isaplan view. Fig. 2'is a side ele- 'vation. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail views of parts of the drop-actuating mechanism.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to improve the corn-planter for whichLetters Patent No. 226,525 were granted to me September 15, 1 85.

My former invention consisted in a cornplanter having seed-droppersoperated by sliding clips which were actuated by levers carryingdaggers, which entered the ground and moved the clips, and through themoperated the seed-droppers.

gled ends of the angled levers E, pivoted to the under side of the bars0 of the frame A.

To opposite sides of the frame A are secured the guides F, upon whichareplaced movably the slides G. To each slide G is pivoted an arm, H, onthe stud d, projecting at right angles on the outer face of the slide. Astop-arm, e, is attached to the stud (1 outside of the arm H, forengaging one end of a segmental rim, f, carried by the arm H, andarranged concentric with the stud d. The opposite end of the segmentalrim f is engaged by a catch, g, pivoted to the face of the slide G andprolonged beyond its pivot, forming the arm h.

My present invention relates to an improved On the stud d, between thearm H and the slide G, is placed abar, Land to the extremity of the armH is pivoted a bar, J. To the free ends of the bars I J is pivoted adaggen'K, the distance between the ends of the bars I J pivoted to thedagger being made greater than the distance between the opposite ends,to cause the points of the dagger to swing away from the stud d as itenters the ground, while the arm H is stationary. The pivot connectingthe arm Twith the dagger is prolonged over the side bar of the frame A,and is provided with a roller,L, and upon apost, M, supported by theframe -A is pivoted a switch-arm, N, which is upwardly convex and restsupon the side bar of the frame A at a point within the extreme limit ofthe back-stroke of the dagger K. The switch-arm N is prolonged a shortdistance beyond its pivot to form the short inclined arm z.

At the rear end'of the frame A, and in the path of the arm h of thecatch 9, is placed an arm, j, for engaging the arm hand tripping thecatch 9 as the slide G completes its extreme rearward stroke. \Vhen thedagger K is moved backward in the machine, by engagement with the earth,the roller L passes under the switcharm N, raising the arm, and allowingit to fall in front of theroller L, so that when the dagger K is movedforward, in a manner presently to be described, the roller L will rideover the switch-arm N, and the dagger will be raised out of the groundby the switclrarm N and carried forward, and will be dropped from theshort arm i,when it will again enter the ground.

To the rear cross-bar, O, of the frame A is pivoted a two-armed lever,P, the opposite ends of which are connected with studs 70, projectingupward from the slides G on opposite sides of the machine, so that whenone of the slides and parts carried thereby moves in one direction theslide upon the opposite side of the machine will move in the oppositedirection. Each slide G is provided with an angled plate, Z, whichextends under the side bar of the frame A, in position to engage theangled lever E as the slide G completes its forward excursion.

When the dagger K upon one side of the corn-planter is in engagementwith the earth,

as shown in Fig. 2, the hook 7 engages the up per end of the segmentalrim f on the arm H, the end of the segmental rim abutting against thestop 6, thus holding the arm H in a fixed position, the arm beingprevented from moving in one direction by the catch 9, held from movingin the other direction by the stop 6. The dagger Kis held in its placein the ground by its own gravity, and also by a slight rearwardinclination, which causes it to hold firmly in the ground. As the frameof the corn-planter is drawn forward the dagger K maintains a fixedposition and holds the slide G, so that the guide F, carried by theframe, is moved through theslide G. The forward motion of the frame Acarries the switcharm N over the roller L, and finally brings the arm Hof the catch 9 against the arm 7', releasing the arm H, so that thedagger K may incline forward, as shown in Fig. 3, as it is carried alongby the machine. At this moment the dagger K on the opposite side of themachine drops from the arm 42 of the switch-arm N, and, entering theearth, allows the catch {7 to engage the upper end of the segmental rimf and hold the arm H in a fixed position, as shown in Fig. 2. When theframe of the planter is moved forward in the manner already described,the dagger K, which was re leased on reaching the limit of its rearwardexcursion, is now quickly moved forward by virtue of its connection withthe slide G and dagger K on the opposite side of the machine, and in itsforward excursion it is carried up over the switch-arm N, and droppeddown over the forward end of the switch-arm at the moment the dagger onthe opposite side of the machine reaches the limit of its rearwardexcursion. In this manner the dagger upon one side of the machinealternates in its operation with the dagger upon the opposite side, andthe progression of the daggers over the field is by a step-by-stepmovement, which resembles the act of walking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a corn-planter, the combination of a guide, F, placed on the sideof the planterframe, the slide G, arranged to move thereon, the arm H,pivoted to the side of the slide G, the bar I, pivoted to the slide G,the bar J,

and being pivoted to the arm H, the dagger K, pivoted to the arms I J,and means for locking and releasing the arm H, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. In a corn-planter, the combination of the guides F, the slides G, thebar I and arm H, pivoted on the slide G, the bar J, pivoted to the armH, the dagger K, pivoted to the arms I J, the catch 9, pivoted to theslide G and arranged to engage the segmental rim of the arm H, the stop0, and means for connecting the slides G on opposite sides of themachine, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. I11 a corn-planter, the combination of the guide F, the slide G,the'arm H, the bar I, pivoted to the slide, the bar J, pivoted to thearm H, the dagger K, pivoted to the bars I J, the roller L, carried bythe dagger, and the pivoted switch-arm N, substantially as herein shownand described.

4. In a corn-planter, the combination of the guides F, the slides G, thearms H, provided with segmental rims f, the stops 6, the catches 9,having the arms h, the arms j, arranged to engage the arms h of thecatches, the bar I, pivoted to the slide G, and the bar J, pivoted tothe arm H, the dagger K and roller L, carried thereby, the pivotedswitch-arm N, the lever P, and rods connecting the same with the slidesG, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a corn-planter, the combination of the guides F, slides G, arms H,provided with segmental rims f, the stop e, arms I J, and the dagger K,pivoted to the arms I J, the distance between the pivotal connec tionsof the, arms I J with the dagger K being greater than the distancebetween the pivotal connections of the opposite ends of the arms,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a corn-planter, the combination of the seed-boxes 0, bar B, leversE, slides G, provided with the arms Z, dagger K and arms I J, pivotallyconnected with the slides G, the lever P and rods connecting the leverwith the slides G, and means for holding and releasing the dagger K,substantially as herein shown and described. A

FRANK H. RYBAOEK.

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